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Occupational bladder cancer in New Zealand: a 1‐year review of cases notified to the New Zealand Cancer Registry
Author(s) -
Dryson E.,
Walls C.,
McLean D.,
Pearce N.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
internal medicine journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 1444-0903
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2005.00834.x
Subject(s) - medicine , occupational cancer , occupational safety and health , bladder cancer , cancer , cancer registry , environmental health , occupational disease , occupational exposure , family medicine , demography , pathology , sociology
AbstractAim : To identify which cases of adult bladder cancer notified to the New Zealand Cancer Registry in 2001 had a probable occupational cause. Methods : Occupational Safety and Health (OSH), in conjunction with the Massey University Centre for Public Health Research, interviewed and obtained an occupational history for 210 (162 men, 48 women) cases. Results : Of the 162 male cases (response rate 65%), 45 (28%) were considered to be ‘probable’ occupational cancers. Of the 48 female cases (response rate 76%), three cases (6%) were considered to be ‘probable’ occupational cancers. The largest occupational group for men was truck drivers, which made up 51% of probable cases. Other common groups were engineering and metal workers (18%), crop farmers/orchardists (7%), textile and leather workers (7%), painters/furniture finishers (7%), and plastics manufacturing workers (4%). The three female cases considered to be of occupational origin included two textile workers and one telephonist. Conclusions : The percentage of cases considered to be of occupational origin is similar to that reported in Europe and the United States, indicating that occupational cancer is a major occupational health problem in New Zealand as it is in other parts of the world. (Intern Med J 2005; 35: 343–347)